Impact of Low Muscularity and Myosteatosis on Long-term Outcome After Curative Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis

Muscle loss, characterized by reduced muscle mass (myopenia), and infiltration by intermuscular and intramuscular fat (myosteatosis), predicts a poor short-term prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. However, little is known about the influence of myopenia and myosteatosis on long-term outcomes.The present study aimed to evaluate the prognostic influence of both myopenia and myosteatosis on long-term outcomes after curative colorectal...